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Klubnik not enough to carry Clemson over Texas in homecoming playoff loss

AUSTIN, Texas — Cade Klubnik carved up Texas’ defense Saturday night like nobody else this season, just not enough to complete a spectacular homecoming. Klubnik, Clemson’s junior quarterback from Austin, passed for 336 yards — the most by a Texas opponent this season — and three touchdowns. It was time to come win a football game, and we didn’t do …

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Texas beats Clemson 38-24, advances to face Arizona State in College Football Playoff quarters

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Jaydon Blue had the biggest run in the biggest game of the season so far for Texas. Blue ran for 146 yards, dashing 77 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to help the Longhorns beat Clemson 38-24 on Saturday in the first round of the expanded College Football Playoff. “You can’t win if you don’t …

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2 days, 19 hours ago

How Penn State dashed SMU’s Cinderella dreams with ease: Takeaways from a Playoff rout

New York Times

By Audrey Snyder, Chris Vannini and Justin Williams No. Penn State’s offense struggled early on a windy, frigid day in Happy Valley, but two pick sixes by linebackers Dominic DeLuca and Tony Rojas off of SMU quarterback Kevin Jennings gave the Nittany Lions a 14-0 lead in a game that turned into a blowout soon after in front of an …

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2 days, 19 hours ago

Texas beats Clemson, will face Arizona State in playoff quarterfinals

LA Times

Texas running back Jaydon Blue runs ahead of Clemson safety Khalil Barnes to score on a 38-yard run during the Longhorns’ 38-24 win in the first round of the College Football Playoff on Saturday. Jaydon Blue ran 146 yards and two touchdowns, the last a 77-yard burst in the fourth quarter, and Texas beat Clemson 38-24 on Saturday in the …

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4 days, 23 hours ago

College Football Playoff picks: SMU, Clemson, Vols, Hoosiers beware as CFP opens on campus

Associated Press

Welcome to the new-look postseason, where the path to the national championship begins at campus sites for eight of the 12 teams in the College Football Playoff. Snow showers are forecast to give way to cloudy skies and temperatures in the 20s in South Bend, Indiana, for Friday night’s Indiana-Notre Dame game. A 10- to 15-mph northwest wind will make …

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6 days, 2 hours ago

Former Lone Star high school rivals, Klubnik and Ewers meet again in Clemson-Texas playoff matchup

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ Quinn Ewers and Clemson’s Cade Klubnik already have a championship history between them. My junior year in the state championship game was definitely a very high profile game,” Klubnik said. Ewers left high school early after that state championship game loss. As for facing Klubnik again, Ewers called it “cool.” Back in high school, Ewers had …

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2 weeks ago

What are the matchups in the College Football Playoff?

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 7 seed Notre Dame, Dec. 20, 8 p.m. BetMGM College Football Odds: Notre Dame by 8.5. 6 seed Penn State, Dec. 21, noon BetMGM College Football Odds: Penn State by 8.5. 5 seed Texas, Dec. 21, 4 p.m. BetMGM College Football Odds: Texas by 10.5. 8 …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

College Football Playoff bracket revealed: Oregon No. 1 overall, SMU gets in over Alabama

New York Times

Follow live updates and reaction to the 12-team College Football Playoff field. The first 12-team College Football Playoff will include SMU but not Alabama. The Crimson Tide were the first team out of the field when the selection committee released its final ranking Sunday, setting the bracket for the first expansive, pro-style playoff in the history of major college football: …

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College Football Playoff takeaways: Clemson kickstarts SMU-Alabama debate for final spot

New York Times

By Ralph D. Russo, Matt Baker, Justin Williams, Joe Rexrode and Sam Khan Jr. The first 12-team College Football Playoff field will be revealed on Sunday, but a lot was still to be determined by Saturday’s Power 4 conference championship games after Boise State locked up the first automatic bid on Friday. pic.twitter.com/GmNL2hnoO0 — ACC Network December 8, 2024 It’s …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

5 takeaways from the unveiling of the 12-team College Football Playoff field

CNN

CNN — The field is set, the games are scheduled, and college football fans have an absolutely scrumptious holiday buffet of playoff games set out in front of them. Oregon offensive lineman Iapani Laloulu celebrates after the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game against Penn State, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Indianapolis. Darron Cummings/AP The top four seeds are …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Who will make the College Football Playoff field after a wild championship weekend?

New York Times

Until Saturday Newsletter 🏈 | This is The Athletic’s college football newsletter. Let’s review the results from conference championship weekend when Timothee Chalamet made his case to be the next big college football analyst. Still, Penn State hung around with the nation’s last remaining undefeated team and looked every bit deserving of challenging for the conference crown. Arizona State was …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

An Oregon win, a Clemson upset, and ‘now what?’ for Alabama in the College Football Playoff

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Undefeated Oregon pulled off the expected and grabbed the top spot in the College Football Playoff. In between, Georgia’s quarterback got hurt, Alabama’s hopes grew murkier and the selection committee settled in to create a first-of-its-kind 12-team postseason bracket that promises only one sure thing: a 100% chance of enraging at least some slice of college football’s rabid …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Who will win the conference championship games? Plus College Football Playoff chaos on deck?

New York Times

Until Saturday Newsletter 🏈 | This is The Athletic’s college football newsletter. Line: Jacksonville State -5.5 Jacksonville State -5.5 Prediction: Jacksonville State 21, Western Kentucky 17 AAC: Tulane at No. 24 Army Tulane’s loss to Memphis last week deflated the College Football Playoff potential of this game. Line: Boise State -4 Boise State -4 Prediction: Boise State 28, UNLV 21 …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Conference championship games ranked: What are the Playoff implications?

New York Times

Conference championship games, by design, should deliver some high-voltage matchups, especially with most leagues having moved away from the divisional format. There are no CFP stakes in this one, but Jax State is in the conference title game in just its second season of FBS play and first year of eligibility. The Bobcats claim five MAC crowns dating back to …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

How much does the CFP selection committee punish conference championship game losers?

New York Times

There’s a fear among this year’s College Football Playoff contenders that losing a conference championship game could net them a worse result than not playing in one at all. Overall, the 47 teams that lost power-conference title games in the CFP’s first decade dropped an average of two spots in the final CFP Top 25. With all eyes on how …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

College Football Playoff rankings: Miami out, Alabama in with last at-large bid as ACC implications linger

New York Times

Alabama moved into position to receive an at-large bid to the College Football Playoff and Miami was locked out of contention as the selection committee’s penultimate rankings Tuesday night narrowed the field of contenders. ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said the conference was “incredibly shocked and disappointed” by Miami’s fall after the Hurricanes lost this past weekend, 42-38, at No. 16 …

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3 weeks ago

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: What will committee do with Alabama and Miami?

New York Times

The College Football Playoff field is mostly set. The bubble isn’t very big, but the central debate heading into the conference championship games seems clear: Will the committee elect to place three-loss Alabama into the field ahead of two-loss Miami — or even SMU if the Mustangs lose the ACC title game against Clemson? They could lose 59-0, like 2014 …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

CFP rankings: Georgia, Texas, and College Football Playoff madness in Week 14.

Slate

At the onset of fall, it was clear that the growth of the College Football Playoff from four teams to 12 would make this season unlike any other. Ole Miss is likely out of the playoff race because it plays miserable Mississippi State this week, and beating a team that goes winless in SEC play should not help the Rebels …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

As ACC winds down, SMU, Miami and Clemson still all hoping for playoff nods

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! And when it’s all said and done, the ACC might get two of those teams — or all three, if things break right — into the newly expanded College Football Playoff. There were surprises in the ACC this season: Florida State went from first to worst, …

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1 month ago

Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Playoff bracket, bubble and Big 12 race have new main characters

New York Times

And now, 20 Final Thoughts from college football’s Week 12, where no one won bigger than Indiana’s Curt Cignetti. In Saturday’s 49-24 win over Utah, the two-way star did something no NFL or FBS player had achieved in almost exactly 24 years: post 50 receiving yards, score a rushing touchdown and intercept a pass. Shane Beamer’s team is known for …

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1 month ago

What we learned about the CFP in Week 12: Georgia’s still alive, an SEC-Big Ten debate looms

New York Times

There are two weeks left in college football’s regular season, and there appear to be more teams hanging around College Football Playoff contention than falling out. Big 12 CFP and title odds Team CFP bid B1G title Record Oregon 99% 51% 11-0 Ohio State 99% 45% 9-1 Penn State 93% 1% 9-1 Indiana 89% 4% 10-0 Welcome, Sun Devils Arizona …

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1 month, 1 week ago

The ACC began the season fighting for respect. The early CFP rankings show it is an uphill battle

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “To look at our league and say, ‘Well we may be a one-bid league,’ but you look at another league that we have a winning record against, and say ‘Oh they’re going to get four in,’” Lashlee said Tuesday, a few hours before the latest CFP …

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1 month, 1 week ago

How much is Colorado rising in the College Football Playoff race? Could Miami miss out?

New York Times

Editor’s note: This article is part of the College Football Stock Watch series, breaking down which teams are rising and falling in the Playoff race. And after another week of top-five teams losing while the drama of bubble watching intensifies, I think this will go down as one of the sport’s most entertaining seasons with more teams rising and falling …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Miami’s magic runs out at Georgia Tech. Can Canes still make College Football Playoff?

New York Times

This time, Cam Ward couldn’t save the Canes. Miami’s hopes of making the 12-team College Football Playoff field could now come down to winning its first ACC championship — and there’s no guarantee the Hurricanes will even get there. It was Georgia Tech’s first win over an AP top-five opponent since a 2009 victory against Virginia Tech, and the Yellow …

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Klubnik not enough to carry Clemson over Texas in homecoming playoff loss

Texas beats Clemson 38-24, advances to face Arizona State in College Football Playoff quarters

How Penn State dashed SMU’s Cinderella dreams with ease: Takeaways from a Playoff rout

Texas beats Clemson, will face Arizona State in playoff quarterfinals

College Football Playoff picks: SMU, Clemson, Vols, Hoosiers beware as CFP opens on campus

Former Lone Star high school rivals, Klubnik and Ewers meet again in Clemson-Texas playoff matchup

What are the matchups in the College Football Playoff?

College Football Playoff bracket revealed: Oregon No. 1 overall, SMU gets in over Alabama

College Football Playoff takeaways: Clemson kickstarts SMU-Alabama debate for final spot

5 takeaways from the unveiling of the 12-team College Football Playoff field

Who will make the College Football Playoff field after a wild championship weekend?

An Oregon win, a Clemson upset, and ‘now what?’ for Alabama in the College Football Playoff

Who will win the conference championship games? Plus College Football Playoff chaos on deck?

Conference championship games ranked: What are the Playoff implications?

How much does the CFP selection committee punish conference championship game losers?

College Football Playoff rankings: Miami out, Alabama in with last at-large bid as ACC implications linger

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: What will committee do with Alabama and Miami?

CFP rankings: Georgia, Texas, and College Football Playoff madness in Week 14.

As ACC winds down, SMU, Miami and Clemson still all hoping for playoff nods

Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Playoff bracket, bubble and Big 12 race have new main characters

What we learned about the CFP in Week 12: Georgia’s still alive, an SEC-Big Ten debate looms

The ACC began the season fighting for respect. The early CFP rankings show it is an uphill battle

How much is Colorado rising in the College Football Playoff race? Could Miami miss out?

Miami’s magic runs out at Georgia Tech. Can Canes still make College Football Playoff?